Pueblo West athletes join lacrosse program

One new and three existing athletic programs at Colorado State University-Pueblo recently announced their newest recruiting classes.

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Pack women’s lacrosse

A partial list of signees for the inaugural women’s lacrosse team at CSU-Pueblo:

Name Ht Pos. Hometown/School

Ashley Baker 5-7 D Grand Junction/Grand Junction

Maxine Bartholomew 5-6 A/M Elk Grove, Calif./Pleasant Grove

Nicole Burkhauser 5-10 G Auburn, Wash./Mountainview

Rachael Cannon 5-4 A Temperance, Mich./Notre Dame

Leah Drummond 5-6 D Pueblo/Pueblo West

Kayla Gladstone 5-7 D Phoenix, Ariz./Mountain Pointe

Tori Gray 5-9 M Parker/Ponderosa

Shaylyn Grega 5-3 D Phoenix/Horizon

Kiana Kelli 5-2 A Bloomington, Minn./Thomas Jefferson

Skylur Marshall 5-6 C Aurora/Smoky Hill

Alia Mendoza 5-1 A Mission Viejo, Calif./Mission Viejo

Jordan Pacheco 5-5 G Pueblo/Pueblo West

Kati Reed 5-7 G Aurora/Cherokee Trail

Leann Rosales 5-0 D Pueblo/Pueblo West

Ashleigh Steed 5-2 M Pleasant View, Utah/Weber

Allye Webb 5-3 M/A Colorado Springs/Palmer

Rachael Welzin 5-8 M Farmington, Minn./Farmington

Alex Zierden 5-3 C/M Elk River, Minn./Elk River

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Pack wrestling

A partial list of signees for the CSU-Pueblo wrestling team:

Name Ht Pos. Hometown/School

Jarod Albo 5-9 165 Westminster/Broomfield

Hudson Buck 5-11 197 Vacaville, Calif./Sac. City College

Gage Currier 5-7 133 Colstrip, Mont./Colstrip

Allen Emmons 6-0 184 Cameron Park, Calif./Sac. City

Beau Henson 6-2 197 Canyon, Texas/Randall

JaCobi Jones 5-9 165 Omaha, Neb./Omaha North

Steven Kelly 5-10 157 Parker/Colorado Mines

Stetson Loader 5-10 125 Two Buttes/Walsh

Nathaniel McKimson 5-8 149 Wasilla, Alaska/Wasilla

Keenan Wyatt 5-6 149 Pueblo/Central

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Pack men’s soccer

A partial list of signees for the men’s soccer team at CSU-Pueblo:

Name Ht Pos. Hometown/School

Lorenz Delaney 5-11 MF Phoenix/Desert Vista

David Flaco 6-0 F El Paso, Texas/Socorro

Erich Frey 6-2 GK Colorado Springs/Cheyenne Mountain

Jacob Garber 5-10 D Denison, Texas/Denison

Colin Kerr 5-10 F Greeley/Frontier Academy

Brent Krasovic 5-8 MF Denison, Texas/Denison

Nick Mangialardi 5-10 MF Phoenix/Desert Vista

Connor Marth 5-9 MF/D Tulsa, Okla./Union

Jake Rodney 6-2 D Colorado Springs/Cheyenne Mountain

Geza Simon 5-10 D/MF Mission Viejo, Calif./Trabuco Hills

Ryan Cass 6-0 F Jenks, Okla./Jenks

Bryce Winkler 5-11 D Olympia, Wash./Olympia

Women’s lacrosse coach Monica Potter announced the signing of 17 seniors from seven states and one player who currently attends CSU-Pueblo make up the inaugural signing class.

Three of the newest ThunderWolves are from Pueblo in West seniors Leah Drummond, Jordan Pacheco and Leann Rosales.

“Every player will bring something unique to the team that will help us be a strong first-year program,” Potter said.

Three players from the Minnesota Lakers Select club team all signed. They are Kiana Kelii, an attack from Bloomington and Thomas Jefferson High School, Rachael Welzin, a midfielder from Farmington High School and Alex Zierden, a center and midifielder from Elk River.

Central High School senior Keenan Wyatt is among 10 recruits announced by wrestling coach Dax Charles.

The Pack added six high school state champions and two community college state placers from five states.

Steven Kelly is transferring to CSU-Pueblo from Colorado Mines. He recorded a team-best 22 wins and was ranked No. 8 in the nation during the 2011-12 season.

Among the state champions signed is Gage Currier, nephew of Pack assistant coach and past national champion Chris Currier. Gage was a Montana state high school champion.

Men’s soccer coach Roy Stanley announced 12 recruits for next fall.

Two players from Cheyenne Mountain, part of the Indians’ Class 4A state championship team, are part of this class. They are Erich Frey, a 6-foot-2, 165-pound goalkeeper, and Jake Rodney, a 6-foot-2, 175-pound defender.

Frey earned first team all-state honors and played club soccer for the Pikes Peak Rush and helped his squad to a U-18 Colorado Youth Soccer State Cup in 2013. Rodney played for the Pride Soccer Club.

Colin Kerr, a 5-foot-10, 155-pound forward from Frontier Academy in Greeley, was the 3A Player of the Year in 2013 and scored 28 goals while tallying 12 assists as a senior.

Brent Krasovic, a 5-foot-8 midfielder and forward who registered 19 goals last year, is the cousin of current Pack squad member Jon Michael Krasovic.